GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |